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Liga - Atletico lose to 10-man Getafe

Getafe-Atletico.EFE - 0, Liga - Atletico lose to 10-man GetafeThe pressure will increase on Atletico coach Gregorio Manzano, whose side went ahead courtesy of Falcao's penalty on 30 minutes after Alberto Lopo was sent off for bringing down Diego.

Abdelaziz Barrada thumped home a delightful free-kick for the equaliser on 40 minutes before he swung over a free-kick for Michel to nod the 10 men ahead on 49 minutes.

Atletico did little or nothing after falling behind on miserable night for the visiting fans, but equalised when Alvaro Dominguez's shot took a wicked deflection before flying beyond the impressive Miguel Moya in the home goal on 80 minutes.

Getafe won it with seven minutes left when Arda Turan was harshly deemed to have fouled Diego Castro, who picked himself up off the deck to convert the winning goal.

Getafe had won just three of their 14 top-flight meetings with Atlético, but move off the bottom of the table with this unlikely win.

Luis García’s men were without a win in six in the league, but were more than worthy of the three points against an Atletico side who seemed clueless on how to use the one-man advantage to their benefit for over an hour.

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Devil found in detail of Giotto fresco in Italy's Assisi

The devil was hidden in the details of clouds at the top of fresco number 20 in the cycle of the scenes in the life and death of St Francis painted by Giotto in the 13th century.

The discovery was made by Italian art historian Chiara Frugone. It shows a profile of a figure with a hooked nose, a sly smile, and dark horns hidden among the clouds in the panel of the scene depicting the death of St Francis.

The figure is difficult to see from the floor of the basilica but emerges clearly in close-up photography.

Sergio Fusetti, the chief restorer of the basilica, said Giotto probably never wanted the image of the devil to be a main part of the fresco and may have painted it in among the clouds "to have a bit of fun."

The master may have painted it to spite someone he knew by portraying him as a devil in the painting, Fusetti said on the convent's website.

The artwork in the basilica in the convent where St Francis is buried was last restored after it was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1997.

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